Improvement in bucket-bail ears



P. oGRAnY.

BUCKET-,BAIL EARS.

N@.184 ,7Z2. y Patented Nov. 28,1876.

UNITED 4STATES PATENT OFFICE PATRICK OGRADY, CF STANDISH, MICHIGAN.'

IMPROVEMENT IN BUCKET-.BAIL EARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,722, dated Novemberz8, 1876; application tiled February 4, 187 6.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK OGRADT, 0f Standish, in the county ot' Bayand State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Pails; and I do here-l by declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing` had to the accompanying' drawings, and to the letters ot'reference marked thereon, which form a port ot this specification, andin Whicli- Figure l is a side elevation; and Fig. 2 is Vertical sectionafter the line .fr .1; in Fig. l.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures.

This invention relates to the manufacture of tubs, pails, 85o.; and itconsists in the improved method otl attaching the handles to the same,hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

The nature of my improvement will be readily understood by reference tothe drawing, in which .A represents a pail or bucket, having the hoops Band wire handle C. The

uppermost hoop, denoted oy B', has two per foi-ations, a, arrangeddiagonally opposite to each other, and two ofthe staves, denoted by D,which are arranged opposite to each other, are provided with sphericalrecesses oat a distance from their upper edge equal to the distance atwhich it is desired to have the handle C affixed. In putting the pailtogether, the uppermost hoop B is so adjusted with reference to thestaves D that the perfor-ations a shall come exactly opposite to therecesses c, the ends ofthe wire handle having been rst inserted andbent, so as to form hooks b that will prevent the withdrawal ot' thehandle through the pert'orations et ct. The hoop is then secured in theusual manner, the hooks b ot' each end ot' the handle being accommodatedin the recesses c in staves D provided for that purpose.

I am aware that it is not new to secure the handle to a pail by meansot' a perforated upper hoop in combination with a heilt or hooked wirehandle; and I do not, therefore, claim suchconstruction, broadly; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot' the UnitedStates, is as follows:

The combination of the pail A, having stares D'D recessedat c o, andarranged diagonally` opposite to each upper hoop, B', havingperfor-ations t a, and handle C, having hooks I) b, substantially as andt'or the purpose herein shown and specied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence ot' two Witnesses.

PATRICK OGRADY.

Witnesses:

GEORGE CARscALLEN, ANN CARSGALLEN.

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